Victims of Serious Crime in NSW to Be Informed About Offenders
On 27 May 2025, legislation was passed in New South Wales Parliament which provides victims of serious crime with a range of information about convicted offenders, including the lengths of their prison sentences, parole eligibility, progress through the custodial system,...
ATO Whistleblower Forced to Plead Guilty, After Court Finds He is Not Protected by the Law
After being dragged across hot coals by the criminal justice system for the past seven years, Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle pleaded guilty to four criminal offences on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, even though the so-called crimes he is...
Gomeroi Ready to Fight Santos Gas Project Any Way Possible, Says Elder Maria “Polly” Cutmore
The National Native Title Tribunal released its final decision on whether the New South Wales government can lease Gomeroi Country to Australian fossil fuel giant Santos for coal seam gas purposes on 19 May 2025, greenlighting the process again, after...
Queensland Expands Regime to Imprison Kids on Adult Time, Ignoring the UN
The Crisafulli government passed its second tranche of its “adult crime, adult time” laws on 22 May 2025, as part of a draconian policy designed to crackdown on a non-existent youth crimewave that now sees children aged 10 to 17,...
Calls for Nations to Physically Intervene in the Gaza Genocide Are Rising
A shift appeared to come to fruition last week, as photos on social media sites of pro-Palestinian activists holding signs calling for intervention in response to the Gaza genocide became ubiquitous, with the general gist being that the activists support...
Universities Australia Antisemitism Definition Regarding Israel: Ambiguous, Illogical and Flawed
On 27 February 2025, Universities Australia issued a Statement on Racism, which included a definition of antisemitism. Universities Australia has proposed this definition be utilised in three ways – for incorporation into member’s disciplinary and complaints schemes, for education purposes, and...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 May 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sydney Lawyer Fails in Attempt to Sue NSW Police Force for Malicious Prosecution A Sydney lawyer whose sexual assault charges were later dropped has failed...
Dural Caravan Antisemitism Inquiry: A Premier Class in Avoiding Parliamentary Scrutiny
The second day of hearings into the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the understanding that premier Chris Minns had in regard to the potential for a 19 January 2025 discovered caravan filled with explosives and a note listing Jewish...
High Time: NSW Government to Consider Passing Medicinal Cannabis Driving Defence
Unlike other prescription drug users, those who are prescribed medicinal cannabis in New South Wales can lose their driver licences and obtain a criminal conviction if they are found to be driving with any trace of the medicine in their...
Ecocide and Genocide Escalates in West Papua: Interview with ULMWP’s Benny Wenda
Following his re-election as Australian PM Anthony Albanese paid a visit to relatively new Indonesia president Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, with foreign minister Penny Wong and home affairs minister Tony Burke in tow. This is a rite of passage for...
